Was STEEM your 'gateway drug' into crypto?

therealwolf (75)in #dpoll • 5 years ago (edited)

Was STEEM your 'gateway drug' into crypto?

The basic mantra of Bitcoin maximalists is usually, that everything besides BTC are shitcoins, not worthy of anything.

While I do see Bitcoin as a great store of value, this world-view of nothing besides it matters is very short-sided, in my opinion.

Altcoins actually drive quite a lot of value to BTC, by providing use-cases and entry points into the whole crypto-sphere.

And in that sense, I believe STEEM has driven quite a lot of value, bringing hundred of thousands into contact with blockchain & crypto.

Hence this poll is there to see, how many of you got hooked into the whole crypto-sphere, because of Steem (or maybe not)

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Thanks,
Wolf

Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got me hooked on crypto.

Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

No. STEEM had pretty much influence on me.

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stuffbyspencer (61) 5 years ago

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Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

Started with Bitcoin, cause I head about this cool fancy internet money was making people bank. Got in low, sold high, made a nice profit.

Then, the programmer in me found Ethereum and fell in love. A blockchain... WITH CODE?!?!?! I sunk my profits into CryptoKitties and in the end broke even, luckily.

I had a brief period where I heavy diversified. I invested in BTC, ETH, LTC, SALT ( made a legit nice profit from that one, got out before it went into the shitter ), etc.

While perusing different cryptos to invest into, I stumbled upon Steem. Never before had any other coin got me so interested, so quickly. I think I was only browsing here for less than 3 days before I went & told all my family + friends about it. The social aspect is what got me most interested!

Steem may have not been my "first" love, but it is differently my strongest ;^)